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Global 9: box quiz
Global 9: box quiz
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History
9th Grade
12/06/2010

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Pictographs
Definition
Pictures that represent objects
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Escarpment
Definition
Steep cliffs that separate the plateau from the coastal plain in africa
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Sumer
Definition
World's oldest civilization, 3,500 b.c., Mesopotamia.
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Catarcts
Definition
Large waterfalls in Africa, they often restrict movement on rivers
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Homo habilis
Definition
"man with ability" first tool makers, lived in paleolithic era
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Population density
Definition
The average number of people living in an area of a specific size
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Literate
Definition
The ability to read and write
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Strait
Definition
A narrow channel that connets two larger bodies of water
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Natural selection
Definition
Darwin's belief that certain genetic traits are better suited to survival
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Evolution
Definition
Darwin's belief that life began as a simple, single cell, but became slowly mre complex
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Culture
Definition
All the things that make up a group of people's entire way of life
Term
Nuclear
Definition
A family made up of a wife, husband and their children
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Extended
Definition
A family consisting of several generations living in the same household
Term
Patriarchal
Definition
Term for a male dominated family or society
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Matrilineal
Definition
Tracing one's ancestry through their mother's relatives
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Theocracy
Definition
A region or country ruled by religious leaders
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Monotheism
Definition
Belief in one god
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Dictator
Definition
An individual who holds power by force
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Traditional
Definition
An economy where individuals produce all of what they need to subsist
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Surplus
Definition
Production of goods in excess of what an individual needs to subsist
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Latitude
Definition
Imaginary lines on a map that measure distance North and South of the Equator
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Migration
Definition
The movement of people or animals from one place to another
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Cultural Diffusion
Definition
The movement of things or ideas from one culture to another
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Longitude
Definition
Imaginary lines on a map that measure East and West of the Prime Meridian
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Topography
Definition
The study of physical features of a region
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Ethnocentrism
Definition
Judging other cultures by your standards because you consider your own culture to be the best
Term
Market
Definition
An economic system where individuals and the profit motive determine what to produce, who to produce it for and how to produce it
Term
Social Mobility
Definition
The ability to move up and down the social ladder
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Racism
Definition
The belief that one race is superior to another
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Command
Definition
An economic system where the gov. determines what to produce, whom to produce for and how to produce it
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